Between the Barbenheimer phenomenon, the rise to fame of Taylor Swift, the sad departure of Karl Tremblay and so many other notable moments of 2023, what are the targets that will have inspired the designers of the bye?
In the incessant flow of our news, here are 12 personalities who have a good chance of finding themselves in the net of the team of the most listened to end-of-year show in Quebec.
Ginette Reno takes Jean Coutu pharmacies by storm
Ginette Reno surprised by selling her album It’s all me and his autobiography Ginette exclusively in Jean Coutu pharmacies, which created controversy in the book industry. HAS Everybody talks about it, Ginette Reno commented on this decision: “I never accepted. I did not know.” Nicolas Lemieux, at the origin of the agreement, also denied this assertion to The Press.
Photo provided by Marie-Christine Ouellet
Bernard Drainville sings Autumn song
Hard to imagine a bye without a little nod to the great Karl Tremblay. That of Bernard Drainville, who saw fit to sing Autumn song of the Cowboys Fringants in full force at a press briefing, seems worthy of mention.
“There game in the game» by Martin St-Louis
The Canadiens coach can boast of having very original language! His famous phrase “Everyone must play their part game in the game», launched in 2022, was also brought forward this year in a Hydro-Québec advertisement on the energy transition. Definitely a poet who ignores himself!
Dominique Ollivier and his oyster party in Paris
In a survey published by The newspaper At the beginning of November, we learned that executives from the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) had increased astronomical expenses on travel and restaurants. Dominique Ollivier, who was president of the OCPM from 2014 to 2021, reportedly spent $347 on an oyster dinner in Paris, among other things. In the wake of these revelations, she left her position as president of the Montreal executive committee.
The path of Geneviève Guilbault
We cannot think of the year of Geveviève Guilbault without returning to the vagueness around the tramway and the third link… And the launch of SAAQclic, an expected digital transition for the SAAQ, which quickly turned into a failure causing a lot of delays and problems for Quebecers. A fiasco that cost more than 40 million dollars. The least we can say is that the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has had a year full of challenges.
Archive photo DIDIER DEBUSSCHERE
Justin Trudeau’s difficult year
A trying year for Justin Trudeau. As the popularity of the Liberal Party declines, the Prime Minister of Canada proclaims to anyone who will listen that he wants to continue his mandate. On the personal side, the Trudeau-Grégoire couple announced their separation by declaring that they remained a close family via social networks. An end to the relationship that caused a lot of discussion in August!
François Legault, the least popular minister in Canada
Hard blow for François Legault! After reigning at the top of Angus Reid’s list, the Prime Minister of Quebec fell to the bottom in 2023. François Legault is now Canada’s least favorite minister according to the survey of 3,749 Canadians.
Archive photo, Stevens LeBlanc
“Keep your English!” – Marc-Antoine Dequoy
Moved to tears after winning the Gray Cup with the Montreal Alouettes, the football player delivered – or rather screamed – an intense patriotic speech in an interview with Matthieu Proulx of RDS. A moving moment… and downright delicious.
A shocking book for Catherine Dorion
The former member of Québec Solidaire stirred up the cage by launching The hotheads: notebooks of punk hope. Dorion paints a raw and honest portrait of his time in politics, creating a shock wave in Quebec.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc
Xavier Dolan abandons cinema
The 34-year-old director created an uproar by confirming his retirement from cinema. In an interview given to a Spanish media, we could read that he found that “art is useless” and that he wanted to “watch the world burn”. Misquoted remarks, according to Xavier Dolan, who has since made a point of correcting the facts on Instagram.
Eric La Flèche and the grocers who accumulate incredible profits
In the midst of rising inflation, the year 2023 has pushed many Quebecers to compete in their imagination to feed themselves. Before a parliamentary committee in Ottawa, Metro CEO Eric La Flèche said he was making efforts to reduce consumer costs while grocers could pocket nearly $6 billion. Could we see grocers bathing in money while a family wonders if the luxury of buying asparagus is really reasonable?
Quick trip to Dubai for Magali Picard
The president of the Quebec Federation of Workers (FTQ) surprised more than one by deciding to go to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 28) in Dubai at the end of November, in the middle of Common Front negotiations. A scandal resolved quickly, since Magali Picard took back her suitcase almost as soon as she arrived in Dubai to return to Quebec.
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Guylaine Tremblay, Claude Legault, Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse will be featured in the bye 2023. Several personalities will join them to celebrate the end of the year.
Bye Bye 2023, December 31 at 11 p.m. on Ici Télé. Rebroadcast on 1er January at 9 p.m. For all the details, click here.